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CATEGORISATIONMale.pdf. List of Prisons. Synopsis: Directory of all Prisons in the Geographical British Isles. Full accurate location and category info in one place. Guides, comment, and analysis. <DIV id=searalt>Enable javascript to search text in this page, use your Browser's search facility, or export content to a Text&nbsp;Editor. </DIV> Navigation Aids. Switch to text size. Table of Contents The Quick Contents also gives this page's place amongst related pages in the site. Quick & External The impatient can jump straight to The Lists of: (Bail Hostels and below are separate pages.) Outside this scope, some UK prisoners are held in foreign jails, and some foreign prisoners are held in UK prisons. Distant For prisons outside the British Isles, the best starting points are: The UN Criminal Justice Systems site. Detailed & Internal Sections containing the starts of Prisons Lists are emboldened below. British Prisons Introduction Compliant with these standards: Also observant of the DDA (UK) .

Announcements Acknowledgements Conventions Scope. 2065. Children of Prisoners Theatre Production. The Cost of Prisons | Focus Prisoner Education. Overcrowding Our prison system was not built to hold nearly the amount of prisoners it currently does, let alone the predicted increasing numbers pushed even further by a global recession. Well over 70,000 people are being held in a system designed to hold around 50,000. Although the capacity of the penal system is being increased, the rise in the number of people within the system is outstripping the rate at which new places can be provided. What price lack of freedom?

It costs £65,000 to imprison a person in this country once police, court costs and all the other steps are taken into account. Healthcare Although prisoners are entitled to NHS care as with any other British citizen, the facilities within the prison system, simply because each prison cannot have its own hospital, mean that prisoners often have to be moved from one prison to another, or to an outside hospital for treatment. Retraining and employment versus reoffending. Prison Reform Trust creating a just, humane and effective penal system. Statistics about women in prison. Statistics about women in prison. Prison Phone Ltd | Keeping prisoners and families connected. The Cost of Prisons | Focus Prisoner Education. Information Sheets | offendersfamilieshelpline. Poverty and disadvantage among prisoners' families.

Download as PDF 0.1 MB This study explores the dilemmas faced by families when someone receives a custodial sentence, and how families respond to the financial, social and emotional challenges. Key points Prisoners' families were vulnerable to financial instability, poverty, debt and potential housing disruption following the imprisonment of a family member. Families subsidised the imprisonment by sending prisoners money, clothing and electronic goods.

Disadvantage associated with imprisonment included high rates of depression, physical illness, housing disruption and, for families of foreign national prisoners, permanent separation after deportation. Prisoners' partners and mothers prioritised the care needs of children above household income. Barriers to employment were magnified for those caring for prisoners' children. Background Imprisonment brings many challenges for families. How imprisonment brings crisis and disruption "I was doing a cleaning job... "I just try and economise. Research on Prisoners Families Update. Prisonthefacts. Prison-costs-summary-12-13.